The 2020 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 26 January 2020. The result was the victory of the centre-right coalition and the election of Jole Santelli as President of Calabria. The election was held concurrently with a regional election in Emilia-Romagna.
Electoral system
Even if a district list is linked to a regional list that exceeds 8% of the vote, the district list must obtain at least 4% of the vote in the whole region in order to elect their own representatives. To ensure governance, the candidate who receives the most votes wins a majority bonus of 55% of the seats.
Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD)23.79 Progressive Democrats (incl. Art.1)7.33 Io Resto in Calabria Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI)12.35 House of Freedoms (CdL)8.63 Brothers of Italy (FdI)2.5– Union of the Centre (UdC)2.7– League (Lega) Jole Santelli for President (incl. New CDU)Aiello for President Five Star Movement (M5S)4.9– Civic Calabria Tansi for President Treasure Calabria Free Calabria Clean Calabria
Opinion polls Candidates Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Callipo Santelli Aiello Others Undecided Lead 26 Jan 2020 Opinio (exit poll) – 31.0–35.0 49.0–53.0 5.0–9.0 – – 18.0 7 Jan 2020 Noto 1,000 34.0 52.0 10.0 2.0 18.0 12 Dec 2019 Noto – 28.0 45.0 12.0 15.0 17.0
Parties Date Polling firm Sample size Centre-left M5S Centre-right Others Undecided LeadPDOtherFIFdILegaOther 28 Oct 2019 Affaritaliani.it– 18.5 13.5 11.4 16.2 23.1 4.6 Sep 2019 GPF 600 18.7 28.2 – 53.1 9.5
Results + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Jole Santelli449,70555.291 Forza Italia96,06712.345 League95,40012.254 Brothers of Italy84,50710.854 Jole Santelli for President65,8168.452 Union of the Centre53,2506.842 House of Freedoms49,7786.392Total444,81857.1319 Filippo Callipo245,15430.141 Democratic Party118,24915.195 Io Resto in Calabria61,6997.923 Progressive Democrats 47,6506.122Total227,59829.2310 Francesco Aiello59,7967.35– Five Star Movement48,7846.27– Civic Calabria8,5441.10–Total57,3287.36– Carlo Tansi58,7007.22– Treasure Calabria40,2995.18– Free Calabria5,3290.68– Clean Calabria3,2300.41–Total48,8586.28– Blank and invalid votes27,2083.24 Total candidates840,563100.002Total parties778,602100.0029 Registered voters/turnout1,895,99044.33 Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Calabria
Voter turnout RegionTime 12:00 19:00 23:00Calabria10.50%35.54%44.33%ProvinceTime12:0019:0023:00Catanzaro11.86%38.00%46.78%Cosenza10.58%35.86%44.14%Crotone9.76%32.17%39.56%Reggio Calabria10.17%35.23%45.40%Vibo Valentia9.06%33.18%41.35% Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout
See also 2020 Italian regional elections
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